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Do any of you wear driving gloves when you're out in your cars? If so do you have any recommendations? I've been thinking of getting some Autodromo's, but not sure if it's really worth spending that amount if money. :|

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Only in Winter my old Armee grey ones.
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In the warm weather - string backed driving gloves.

In the cold/wet weather - Ocean yachting gloves.

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Only in the Cobra. I have a large 16" steering wheel with a thin, polished wooden rim, and 7° castor on the front wheels. If I don't wear thin leather driving gloves my hands slide all around the thing, so they are not for show, or for keeping warm.

Having been car-mad all my life, I bought a pair of driving gloves from the local outfitters in around 1967, when I was 12. I wore them every day to school and loved them. They then did duty in my Healey 3000, which had an enormous black bakelite wheel rim that was very slippery. The years of rain etc. saw them getting very tatty, so about 10 years ago I sent one to Chester Jefferies, who made me a copy pair to a very high standard. From memory they were only 40 quid or so, but I still use them. Very similar to what they make routinely with press studs, although mine had Velcro.

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Yes, I wear gloves probably 50% of the time. The wind has a tendency to eddy around the wind wings and the backs of the hands get cold unless the weather is particularly warm.
Mine are leather palms and brushed nylon backs which work well most of the time.
They are compromise being too warm in Summer and not warm enough in the cold. Therefore I think I will take up Roger's idea of having one pair for the summer and another for the colder times.
Thanks for raising the subject and both Roger and Migge for posting links.
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Do you know a source or the manufacturer of the “Gurney” gloves?
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Summer driving in the Atom I use MacWets..

http://www.macwet.com/ I also use these for My Paramotor flying... Very thin with great feel, great grip and fairly warm too..
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